A few weeks ago I wrapped up Chingu Voyage 59, a six-week remote programme where developers collaborate in small teams to ship a real project under real constraints. It was my third voyage, and the one where I feel I made the most tangible progress.
The Project: InterviewFlow
Our team built InterviewFlow, an interview preparation platform that gives users real-time, AI-powered feedback on role-specific technical questions. The idea was simple, practice the kinds of questions you'll actually face in a tech interview, and get meaningful guidance rather than just a list of answers.
Tech stack: React, Vite, Tailwind CSS, Google Gemini API, Vitest
What I worked on
As one of the developers, I contributed across the full frontend lifecycle, including component architecture, UI implementation and writing tests. It was the kind of end-to-end involvement you don't always get in a larger team, and I found it genuinely valuable for that reason.
We ran proper Scrum ceremonies throughout, sprint planning, daily standups, and retrospectives. Working that way on a side project feels different to just reading about Agile, you really understand why the rituals exist.
Takeaways
Shipping something with a team you've never met in person, on a deadline, with a real tech stack, is a different experience to building solo. The collaboration muscle is its own thing, and Chingu is one of the few structured ways to exercise it outside of employment.
The project is live and the code is open source, links below if you want to take a look.
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